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Injury-plagued West Indies take on Sri Lanka

What with one thing then another, no West Indies team could have entered a Test series less properly prepared than Carl Hooper's when it takes the field against Sri Lanka in the southern town of Galle tomorrow morning

12-Nov-2001•Tony Cozier

West Indies hit by fresh injury concerns on eve of first test

West Indian preparations for the first Test in Galle, which have already been hampered by security fears, poor weather and the production of a spinner friendly surface, have been hit by fresh injury problems on the eve of the series opener

12-Nov-2001•Charlie Austin

West Indies hopes of TV coverage revived

West Indies fans may yet get to see and hear live cricket coverage of their team's campaign in Sri Lanka starting later this week

12-Nov-2001•Derrick Nicholas

West Indies hit by drainage problems in Matara

The West Indies preparations for the first Test against Sri Lanka next week were disrupted once again on the last day of their final practice match at Matara on Saturday

10-Nov-2001•Charlie Austin

West Indies fans face TV blackout

West Indies fans in the Caribbean who were hoping to either see or listen to live cricket coverage of the West Indies' Test series with Sri Lanka can forget about it - at least for now

10-Nov-2001•Derrick Nicholas

Gayle impressive before rain intervenes

Left-hand opener Chris Gayle powered his way towards a century, but rain intervened again on the second day of the West Indies last practice game at Matara on Friday

09-Nov-2001•Charlie Austin

Sri Lanka aim to put West Indies in a spin

Sri Lanka may have put their faith in pace against India but their strategy has changed for the West Indies Test series and the selectors have picked three spinners for the first Test starting next week in Galle

08-Nov-2001•CricInfo

West Indies bowlers forced to toil hard under hot sun

West Indies bowlers enjoyed their first match practice of their Sri Lanka tour on Thursday, easing fears that they would start the Test series next week under prepared, but they were still forced to toil hard in high heat by a strong Sri Lanka A side

08-Nov-2001•Charlie Austin

Sri Lanka lose key strike bowler for West Indies series

Sri Lanka will go into their three-Test series without key fast bowler Dilhara Fernando and wicket-keeper Romesh Kaluwitharana after the pair sustained injuries during the recent tournament in Sharjah

06-Nov-2001•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Match abandonment leaves West Indies short of practice

West Indies first warm-up game on their tour of Sri Lanka was abandoned on Monday, after torrential downpours over the weekend washed out two full days of play

05-Nov-2001•Charlie Austin

Hinds to join West Indies squad in Sri Lanka

The Jamaican opening batsman, Wavell Hinds, has been cleared to make the tour of Sri Lanka with the West Indies team after all

05-Nov-2001•Derrick Nicholas

Monsoon rains disrupt West Indian preparations

The second day of the West Indies first warm-up game in Sri Lanka was completely washed out after heavy rains in Colombo on Saturday night and Sunday morning

04-Nov-2001•Charlie Austin

The West Indian squad, dissected

As the West Indies start their current tour of Sri Lanka, Tony Cozier, who will cover the Tests and One-Day Internationals for THE NATION newspapers, provides a playerby-player assessment of the team

04-Nov-2001•Tony Cozier

Carl Hooper: West Indies cricket is on the way up

A one-nil victory Test series victory against lowly Zimbabwe, and a triangular final win against professional big stage flops India, is not the kind of success that the West Indians of yesteryear would boast about, but captain Carl Hooper is

03-Nov-2001•Charlie Austin

Hooper leads the way as West Indies start well in Sri Lanka

An elegant century from captain Carl Hooper gave West Indies a perfect start to their sub-continental campaign, as the tourists took on a youthful Sri Lanka A team at Nondescripts Cricket Club in Colombo on Saturday

03-Nov-2001•Charlie Austin

Lara set to make comeback in tour opener

Caribbean batting superstar Brian Lara and wicket-keeper Ridley Jacobs will both make comebacks from injury on Saturday when West Indies play Sri Lanka `A' in a three-day practice game

02-Nov-2001•Charlie Austin

Hooper calls for cricket focus on Sri Lanka tour

West Indies' captain, Carl Hooper, has warned his players to focus on the cricket and not on safety concerns as the West Indies begin their first tour to the island for eight years

01-Nov-2001•CricInfo

Hinds a gamble

The decision not to immediately name a replacement for the injured Wavell Hinds in the West Indies' touring team to Sri Lanka is a calculated gamble

01-Nov-2001•Tony Cozier

West Indies take anti-spin crash course

Conscious that a world-class spinner would more than likely pose a threat to them on their tour of Sri Lanka, the West Indies adopted an unusual strategy in their nine-day pretour training camp in Jamaica

01-Nov-2001•Haydn Gill

West Indies have nothing to fear but cricketers

Finally, apparently begrudgingly, one man short, and only just, the West Indies have left their sunny islands in the Caribbean for Sri Lanka

01-Nov-2001•Charlie Austin

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